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“Jacob gestured to the children. “Look at them! Do they see Norman and Saxon? No, they just see neighbors. That’s what this is about, this food, this basket. It’s what neighbors do. We’re not so different that I can’t understand the way worry can weigh on a man.”

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Book:Saplings of Sherwood

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